Cruise Ship Strikes With Deadly Outbreak of Hantavirus, Evacuations Underway A cruise ship, MV Hondius, set sail from Argentina's Ushuaia port on April 1 and arrived at the coast of Cape Verde after three passengers died, possibly due to hantavirus, sparking an evacuation of infected crew members. A rare strain of the virus, capable of being transmitted human-to-human, has been confirmed on board. The MV Hondius set sail from Ushuaia in southern Argentina on April 1 and currently anchored off the coast of Cape Verde after three passengers died possibly of hantavirus. Due to a deadly hantavirus outbreak, evacuations took place on May 6, 2026 from the cruise ship with three people, two crew members and one other person, thought to be infected with the virus being taken off. The passengers have been on the ship since April 1 and are set to disembark on May 11, which would be at the end of when symptoms can occur between 1 and 6 weeks.Two medical flights carrying passengers from the MV Hondius have landed in Spain's Canary Islands and the Netherlands. A team of experts confirmed a rare strain of Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome that can be transmitted between humans